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Asif Iqbal April 25th, 2015 12:33 AM 0 COMMENTS

Google Keep app gets Android Wear support with the latest update

Google has been steadily adding new features to its note taking app, Google Keep. It recently added note sharing, labels, and recurring reminders, making its simple note-taking app to a better equipped one. Now, Google Keep app for Android has received yet another update, making it compatible with Android Wear devices. With the new update, people with Android Wear running smartwatches can browse through, view, and create new notes right... Read More

Asif Iqbal April 24th, 2015 8:28 PM 3 COMMENTS

You can now easily send Google Maps directions from desktop to mobile

Google Maps is one of the most used mapping and navigation solution worldwide, and probably the best right now. However, Google isn't stopping to make it even better. Now, you can search for directions to a particular place on desktop and send them instantly to your mobile device, a very useful feature, isn't it? Google has announced that users can now push directions instantly from a Chrome web browser on their... Read More

SuperGeek April 21st, 2015 3:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 (2012) start getting Android 5.1 Lollipop in India

The Nexus lineup from Google has always been ahead of the rest of the Android devices when it has come to getting the latest Android update. Google's two generations old flagships, the Nexus 4 and Nexus 7(2012) have just started getting the latest Android 5.1 Lollipop in India. The Android 5.1 update is available as an OTA update. It has a size of 174.5MB for Nexus 4 and 101.6MB for... Read More

SuperGeek April 16th, 2015 6:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

Android for Work launched alongside updates for Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides Apps

Google is having a pretty busy day today with a slew of announcements coming from its channel. It has introduced an app, known as "Android for Work", which is compatible with devices running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and above. Earlier, it was only available for devices running Android 5.0 and above. Google has also announced that its Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides apps will be getting an update to... Read More

Zara Ali April 16th, 2015 4:56 PM 8 COMMENTS

Want to find your lost Android device? Just Google it!

We all have been there, and we all know the pain of losing our phone! That moment of ultimate anxiety when you just can’t find your phone and all sort of thoughts cross your mind about your personal data and what not. I myself have suffered through such mental turmoil when I lost my Android smartphone on a vacation. But Google has finally realized our agony and has come out... Read More

Zara Ali April 16th, 2015 4:25 PM 2 COMMENTS

Google launches Handwriting Input keyboard with 82 languages support for Android

Google has unveiled a new handwriting keyboard for Android known as, Google Handwriting Input. The keyboard can be downloaded via Play Store and is compatible with all Android versions after Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The main attraction of this keyboard is that users can handwrite the message and the keyboard will then convert it to text. It supports 82 languages along with Hindi. Handwritten message recognition is not exactly... Read More

Zara Ali March 27th, 2015 6:03 PM 0 COMMENTS

Google Play Store in India now includes Nexus 6, Chromecast, and Nexus 9

Google has broaden the availability of many Nexus and Android Wear devices to India through its online store, the Google Play. Consumers in India can now buy Nexus 6, Nexus 9, and Chromecast directly from the Google Play Store. Moreover, it has been marked that the Nexus 9 and Nexus 6 devices, which were formerly listed as ‘coming soon’ on Google Play Store in India, are now available for purchase. Users... Read More

SuperGeek March 17th, 2015 10:06 AM 0 COMMENTS

Android 5.1 Lollipop memory leak issue fixed but no update on launch timeline

Android as an operating system is constantly evolving. Google surprised many of its users when it rolled out the Android 5.0.1 Lollipop. But the update came with a memory leak. This hampered the performance of the devices in the longer run and Google started working on it right away. It released Android 5.1 Lollipop post that to take care of the issue but the update couldn't take care of the... Read More

Zara Ali March 16th, 2015 5:13 PM 0 COMMENTS

Android developers will soon have Google Now access into their apps

Google has revealed that it will soon be bringing an open API platform for Google Now. The open API will allow most of the apps on the device to display information to the user. The step has been taken in lieu of the huge expansion being done to the current pilot program, which works with 40 third-party services. There has been no revelation regarding the launch timeline for the feature.... Read More

Mahit September 17th, 2014 2:07 PM 3 COMMENTS

Google Play Newsstand introduces paid content in India

Android users in India have a new reason to be excited today. No we are not talking about the Android One or about the feature to download YouTube Videos to and watch it offline which Google is going to introduce soon. We are referring to the Google News Stand which basically speaking is a News and Magazine aggregator. The Newsstand is a blend of Google’s magazine and Google Currents and was... Read More

Asif Iqbal September 17th, 2014 11:39 AM 6 COMMENTS

Android Silver program has been pushed on the back burner after Nikesh Arora left Google

According to a report from The Information, Google has decided to put the Android Silver program on the back burner as soon as Nikesh Arora left Google around mid-July 2014. Nikesh Arora was Google's sales chief and was also responsible for putting together plans and resources for the Android Silver program. Even though Android outnumbers iOS by a huge margin in terms of market share, Apple earns the maximum amount of smartphone profit.... Read More

Asif Iqbal September 17th, 2014 10:57 AM 1 COMMENTS

Google releases KitKat kernel source code for Android One smartphones

After officially announcing the Android One program with three new budget smartphones in India, Google has released the Android 4.4.4 KitKat kernel source code for Android One devices. Bill Yi, in the Android Building Google Group, has stated that "the kernel source can be found on the android-msm-sprout-3.4-kitkat-mr2 branch in the kernel/msm project. It's also tagged with 'android-4.4.4_r3'." All the Android developers, tinkerers and open source fans can now download the... Read More